There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

Friends are companions on a journey who ought to help each other persevere on the road to a happier life.

Educate the children and it will not be necessary to punish the men.

All is number.

Even among barbarians, pride sometimes yields to wisdom, and Ares stands in awe of the Muses.

-- Posidonius

I know that I do not know.

-- Plato

A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on life.

-- Benedictus de Spinoza

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

-- William James

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.

-- Solomon

Nearly all the wisdom we possess consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves

-- John Calvin